Hose holder



` April 19, 1927.

B, HuDGlNs HOSE HOLDER Filed-oct'. 28, 1925 ATTORNEY' mgm Patented Apr.19, 1927.

errno erre rara BUBNIE HUDGINS, OF KENOVA, WEST VIRGINIA.

HOSE HOLDER.

Application filed October 28, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in hose holders, the generalobject being the provision of a pair of handle members havingsemi-circular inter-associated end portions provided with grippingsurfaces thereupon whereby hydraulic hoses used by fire departments maybe rigidly held against accidental displacement and slipping especiallyin cold weather when sheets of ice form upon the hose.

Another object of my invention resides in the provision of hinged meansupon the inner meeting ends of the handles whereby the gripping.surfaces may be opened to receive a hose therein while a springtensioned hasp being hinged upon the opposite side of the handle membersand adapted to receive a lug provided upon its companion handle memberin locking the gripping surfaces upon the hose.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includesthe following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention when in use.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of my invention illustratingthe hinged associating means therefor.

Figure L is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 1,the hose being removed.

Referring to the -drawing in detail, wherein like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts, the reference characters and 11indicate companion handle members, each of which having shanks 12extending inwardly therefrom and terminating in relatively enlargedinner ends 13 and providing semi-circular portions 14( therein. thesesemi-circular portions 14- being fixed with plates or preferably having'gripping .surfaces 15 provided thereon whereby the hinge 16 arrangedupon the underside of the inner enlarged end portions 13 pern'iittingthe gripping surfaces 15 to be spaced apart for receiving and forengaging a hydraulic hose 17, as clearly illustrated in Figure 1 of thedrawino.

In order to provide means for rigidly asso- Serial No. 65,461.

ciating the gripping surfaces 15 upon the hydraulic hose 17, I provide aspring tensioned hasp 18 upon the upper side of one of the enlarged endportions 13, namely, the inner end of the handle member 1() andextending an appreciable distance over the corresponding upper side ofthe opposite enlarged end 13 of the handle member 11 for the receptionof a lug 19 arranged upon the upper side ofthe respective inner end 13and providing an inclined surface 2O upon its forward end to be guidedupon the upwardly extending end portion 21 of the spring hasp 18 inquickly and easily guiding the lug 19 within a correspondingly shapedopening 22 within the spring hasp 18. A yoke 23 is secured toandstraddles the spring hasp 18 for restricting the upward movement thereofwhereby the .spring hasp 18 will always be forced into lockingengagement with the lug 19.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

I-Iaving thus described the inveintion, what is claimed is :n

A hose holder of the character described comprising handle membersproviding substantially enlarged inner ends having semicircular cut-outportions arranged within their meeting ends, a hinge being associated tothe undersides of the inner enlarged ends, a spring hasp secured to theupper side of one of the enlarged ends and extending an appreciabledistance over the opposite enlarged end and terminating in an upwardlyextending end portion, said hasp having an opening adjacent the upwardlyextending end portion a yoke straddling the spring hasp upon therespective enlarged portion, and a lug provided upon the upper side ofthe opposite and companion inner enlarged end and providing a forwardlyinclined sui'- face thereon for engagement with the upwardly-extendingend portion of the spring hasp in automatically bringing the positioninglug within the corresponding opening provided in the spring hasp wherebythe gripping surfaces will be locked upon a hose.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

BURNIE HUDGINS.

